Relationships between alcohol use and dementia: protocol for an observational study in the UK Clinical Practice Research Datalink

Use of de-identified routine data will proceed under existing Research Ethics Committee and data governance approvals. Findings will be disseminated via open-access peer-reviewed journals, academic conferences and summaries targeted at patient, public and policy audiences. The results of this study will be reported according to the STROBE (Strengthening the Reporting of Observational Studies in Epidemiology) and The REporting of studies Conducted using Observational Routinely-collected health Data (RECORD) guidelines.